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WorksheetsGR 10 GEOMORPHOLOGY
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
(a) is the study of the Earth’s landforms, their origin and processes that have created them.
Which layers makes out the Earth?
core, mantle, crust
inner and outer layers
atmosphere, hydrosphere, stratosphere
The layer where people live.
The inner core of the Earth
The Mantle of the Earth
The outer layer of Earth’s crust
The inner layer of Earth's crust
Which part of the crust is made mainly of granite rocks, is the thicker layer with a low density. Rich in silicon and aluminium and are called sial.
The oceanic crust
The outer core
The inner core
The continental crust
The oceanic crust: made mainly of basalt rocks, is thin with a high density. Rich in silicon and magnesium and are called ...
(a)
Layer of Earth that consists of plastic or semi-fluid rock material.
Mantle
Outer core
Inner core
Crust
Where is the lithosphere situated?
Above the ocean
In the ocean
Under the crust
Above the crust
Where is the asthenosphere situated?
Below the Crust
Below the lithosphere
Above the ocean
Above sea level
Rock type that forms when molten rock material cools and hardens.
(a)
Rock type forms from fragments of other rocks that have been compressed and hardened.
Molten rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock:
Rock type that develop from igneous or sedimentary rocks that have been altered by heat and pressure.
Molten rock
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
Which rock is intrusive?
Dolerite
Basalt
Metamorphic
Dolemite
The (a) in the igneous rocks gives them a shiny appearance.
What is the fluid inside the Earth called before it reaches the Earths surface as lava?
Magma
Crystals
Fossils are found in (a) rocks
These rocks do not break easily
oceanic rock
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
magma rock
True or false: Metamorphic rock melt to become Igneous rock.
(a)
Rocks which are on the surface of the Earth are (a) and their material becomes eroded and transported to a place of deposition.
Large dome shaped area of igneous rock formed deep in the crust and which has been exposed at the surface as a result of weathering and erosion.
Lopolith
Batholith
Monolith
Sedolith
Intrusions of magma that bulge and form a dome shape.
Laccolith
Monolith
Batholith
